An 80’s Lady From The 40’s This Day in Country Music – May 15th (Video)

1942 - K.T. Oslin is born in Crossett, Arkansas. Songs such as "80's Ladies," "Hold Me" and "Come Next Monday" make her a voice for serious women's issues in the 20th century's final two decades.

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2007 - Carrie Underwood wins three times in the CBS telecast of the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. She takes Top Female Vocalist; Album of the Year, for "Some Hearts"; and Video, for "Before He Cheats".

1997 - Bill Monroe is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Cleveland, alongside The Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, The Young Rascals, The Jackson 5, King Records founder Syd Nathan, Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

1993 - John Michael Montgomery earns the first #1 single of his career with "I Love The Way You Love Me".

1988 - With her marriage to John McBride in Wichita, Kansas, Martina Schiff becomes Martina McBride.

1982 - Ricky Skaggs joins the Grand Ole Opry.

1918 - Eddy Arnold is born in Henderson, Tennessee. Originally touted as the Tennessee Plowboy in his solid country recordings, he shifts into string-laden recordings in the 1960s on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame.